Meddle for cross-weaving



(No Model.)

0. ASHOFF. HEDDLE FOR GROSS WEAVING.

Patented Aug. 13,1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ASHOFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEDDLE FOR CROSS-WEAVING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 544,497, dated August 13, 1895.

Application filed April 10, 1895. Serial No. 545,179. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, CHARLES ASHOFF, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Heddles for Oross-Weaving, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a novel construction of heddle, which is formed by bending a thin fiat strip of suitable material so that an elongated loop is formed, a suitable block or spacing device being secured in the upper por-.

tion of said loop, whereby a very large eye in proportion to the small amount of metal employed is obtained, the lower extremities of said loop being caused to be in substantial contact with each other for a great portion of their length below said block, whereby a heddle of great resiliency is obtained and economy of space is gained at the point where it is most needed, all as will 'be hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a thin strip of metal adapted to form a heddle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a spacing-block employed in the formation of the eye to be hereinafter referred to. Fig. 3 represents a heddle in the process of manufacture, and Fig. 4 represents a finished heddle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a thin flat strip of metal or other suitable material, which can be readily bent into the desired shape. The ends B of said strip A are, in the first step of the manufacture of a heddle, bent around toward each other, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and are temporarily held with the ends B in juxtaposition in any suitable manner. The spacing-block O is now secured, by brazing or otherwise, within the upper portion of the loop, formed by bending the strip A, as described, near the bend, the space between the block and bend forming the eye E, while the limbs B B converge and their extremities are caused to be in substantial contact with each other throughout the greater portion of their length from the spacingblock 0, as will be understood from Fig. 4,

which shows the completed heddle D, a thin durable heddle being thus produced which is especially adapted for cross-weaving, and which has a very large eye in proportion to the small amount of metal required in its production, said heddle having also an exterior smooth surface throughout on either side, and I desire to call especial attention to the fact that greatresiliency is attained by bringing the extremities or limbs B B of theheddle into substantial contact with each other throughout the greater portion of theirlength below the spacing-block, and by reason of said resiliency the eye of said heddle, constructed as described, can move freely in one direction or sidewise while it will be less capable of yielding in the opposite directions, in which latter the yarn is passed through the eye, it being further noted that since the lower portion or the free-ends of the heddle constitute the point of attachment of the same in the heddle-frame great economy of space is provided at the point where it is most needed, thereby enabling a large number of heddles to be placed in a very limited space, as is evident, and therefore enabling a great latitude make a heddle of thin flat material bent into a fiat loop, since the general principle thereof is disclosed in the German Patent No. 23,868, dated February 13, 1883, in which is shown a heddle similar to the unfinished article shown in Fig. 3, of uniform Width throughout at top and bottom and set in a reed; and I do not, therefore, make any claim to the same, the present invention consisting in bringing the lower limbs or extremities of the heddle together for the greater portion of their length below the spacing-block, as is illustrated in Fig. 4, in which is shown the completed heddle, an article of great resiliency being thus attained and much room being gained at the lower portion thereof, where it is most needed.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters erwise secured within the said loop, near the tion to the amount of metal employed, sub bend, the limbsB converging from said block stantially-ias described.

and being brought for a great portion of their length into substantial contact with each other CHARLES ASIIOFF. whereby, a heddle of great resiliency and re- Witnesses:

duced width at the bottom is obtained, the JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM,

same having an eye of large area in propor- E. H. FAIRBANKS. 

